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Ramble On: Introduction · Lubos Culen
from Ramble On: Selected Artwork From the University of British Columbia Okanagan Public Art Collection
RAMBLE ON: INTRODUCTION
The UBC Okanagan Art Gallery is a university gallery managed by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS) at the Kelowna campus. It is committed to “a research mandate realized through: research-creation, exhibitions, performance, publications, permanent collection and acquisitions, curatorial studies and community-engaged programs, in the field of creative and critical studies.”1
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Besides managing the FINA Gallery located in the Creative and Critical Studies building, the UBC Okanagan Art Gallery oversees the management of the Public Art Collection since 2019 and it will play a vital role in the programming of the art gallery planned for the UBC Okanagan’s new building in downtown Kelowna planned to open in 2024.
Currently, the Public Art Collection contains over 750 works which include paintings, prints, sculptures, drawings, installation art, digital art, videos and outdoor sculptures. The University of British Columbia Okanagan’s Public Art collection is one of the largest public art collection in the region.2
While a large number of artworks in the collection include works by former students and alumni, the Public Art Collection houses a great number of works produced by established and senior Canadian and Okanagan based artists, to name a few: Ann Kipling, Carl Beam, Gary Pearson, Murray Johnson, Byron Johnston, Julie Oakes, Bryan Ryley, David Blackwood, David Wilson and Tania Willard.
The Vernon Public Art Gallery is pleased to include a selection of works from the UBC Okanagan Public Art Collection in the exhibition titled Ramble On. The UBC Okanagan Public Art Collection’s curator Stacey Koosel decided on the title which inherently expresses a forceful progression of activity, perhaps a metaphor for the future of the collection and its constant growth. The exhibition contains paintings, free-standing and wall mounted sculptures, prints, digital image and video. We welcome the opportunity to present to our viewers the works from the collection that were created between years 1968 and 2021.
Lubos Culen Curator Vernon Public Art Gallery
Endnotes: 1 https://gallery.ok.ubc.ca/about/, accessed November 3, 2021 2 https://gallery.ok.ubc.ca/public-art-collection/, accessed November 3, 2021
Tania Willard: Gut Instincts (detail), 2018, digital print, 24 x 32 inches, photo: Yuri Akuney - Digital Perfections
